Example Sentences

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He has sipped tea in a garden with President Emmanuel Macron of France, treating him to a performance of an ancient Chinese zither.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

He noted that his Chevy Volt has sipped only 80 gallons of gas to go 38,000 miles, relying mainly on electric batteries.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2019

For here the sunset lingers till the stars, though from the valley’s goblet evening has sipped the waning sunlight like a clear amber wine.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian

"When the husband has sipped the natural beauty of the wife, he sees it no longer, but sees her spiritual beauty; and from this he re-loves, and recalls the natural beauty, but under another aspect."

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel